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But this is simply not true. Maintenance costs are rarely significant part of city budgets, they are almost always below 10-15%. I don't want to say that Strong
by xyzzyz 6y ago
But this is simply not true. Maintenance costs are rarely significant part of city budgets, they are almost always below 10-15%. I don't want to say that Strongtowns is lying, because that presumes intent, but what they claim simply has little bearing with reality.
- pchristensen 6y agoTheir premise is that governments build infrastructure during their growth phase, but don't budget for maintaining or replacing it at the end of its lifecycle, 30-50 years later when their growth phase is past.